Folding paper box



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D. J. REX.

FOLDING PAPER BOX.

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NITED STATES PATENT II-rricis.

DAVID J. REX, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 3853578, dated July 3,1888.

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To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID J. REX, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFolding Paper Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

In this class of paper boxes, especially for the purposes to which thisinvention is particularly appropriated, being disposed of or sold byweight, it is a desideratum to reduce the waste experienced in cuttingthe material to a minimum. This is accomplished in the production of mybox, which consists of forming the same from and in a single piece,substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of the blank from whichmy box is made. Figs. 2 and 3 are a sectional and a perspec'ive View,respectively, of my box.

In carrying out my invention I take a single piece of paper, A, of therequisite thickness or stiffness, and proceed to outline it with apencil or other means to lay out the prospective box. In doing this,placing the paper upon a table or other suitable support with its innersurface upward, I mark or pencil off the sides an and a a" in the usualmanner. The paper is then penciled or marked offso as to form the rearside, a, with a narrow longitudinal flange or flap, 7). The front side,a, is further penoiled or marked off inside of the previous peneiling,as at c, in the are of a circle or other suitable manner, thepencil-line 0 extending from the extremities of the upper edge line ofthe said front side, which forms a flap, 0. By now penciling or markingoff the paper in alignment with the length of the front side, the latteris formed with an extension, d, while at one side of said extension thepaper is marked oil to form a narrow extension, 0, of the side c whichis also integral with the extension (I. The paper is next marked off soas to form extensions f fff of the several sides at one end, while it ismarked off so as to form extensions 5/ g of the sides a and a at theopposite ends. The extension f is obliquely cut away, as at f and f andthen notched, as at f intermediately of said oblique cuts ff while theextension f is slit, as atf in a line at right angles to the length ofthe adjoining side, a. The extension 9 is marked off as at while theextension g is marked off as at 1 In assembling the various parts of thebox the paper is cut at points between. the exten sions f, f, f f, g,and g, and creased at the sundry outlines between the several sides andbetween the extensions and the sides, as also between the rear side andthe flange or flap 6, while the extensions 5/ g are creased at g g,respectively. The front side, a, is now slit along the curved line orare 0, while the extension d and the extension 6 are folded in ward uponthe front side, a, and the side a, respectively, forming a pocket, a,paste or glue next being applied to the outside of the flap 1). Theside'a, including the flap b and extensions f and g, is now folded, asis also the side a, the side a being laid upon the glued or pastedsurface of the flap b, and thus united thereto. The box thus farcompleted is now held in the hand, and by slightly compressing the samethe box is opened up, so as to cause the sides to assume their normalrelation. The extensions f and f are now folded inward, one upon theother, while the extension f is folded inward upon the alreadyfoldedextensions f and f. The extension f is then folded upon extension f",the free end of extension f being inserted into the slit f of extensionf and its notch f caused to interlock with the inner edge or extremityof the said slit. The flap 0 of extension (I is now turned down inwardto stand at right angles to said extension, the extension gbeing foldeddown upon flap 0, its portion beyond being inserted or tucked into theopen end of the box. The next or final step is to fold the extension gupon the folded extension 9, its portion beyond the crease beinginserted or tucked into the pocket 0 thus completing the formation ofthe box.

It will be seen from the foregoing that in making the boxes inquantities the entire sheet of paper can almost wholly be utilized,reducing the waste to a minimum, which is a desid' eratum in thisclassof boxes especially appropriated for the purposes of thisinventio n-- i.0., to hold tacksthe said boxes being sold or disposed of by the weight.

The box, although more especially designed to hold tacks, may be usedfor holding other articles of hardwaresuch as nuts, washers, &e.-or forholding buttons and the like.

' Having thusdeseribed myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The folding paper box consisting of the blank of which the top endextension of the front side is formed integrally with an extension of anadjoining side, which top end extension and adjoining side extension arefolded inwardly upon said front and adjoining sides, respectively, thetop end extensions of the rear side and an adjoining side folding, oneupon an inwardly-folding flap of the front side, while the other foldsupon the first named of the latter extensions, and is inserted through aslit in the front side and tucks into a pocket between the front sideand its inward1y-folding extension, substantially as specified.

2. Thefoldingpaperbox made from a blank of which the portions formingthe sides are provided with end extensions, the extensions of the frontand rear sides having one a slit and the other a diagonally cut andnotched edge, while at the opposite end the front side is provided witha semicircular cut or slit, providing the same with a flap, the top endextension of said front side being formed integrally with an extensionof an adjoining side, and'adapted to fold inwardly upon said front side,substantially as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, the fold ing paper box made from theblank of which the portions forming the sides are provided with endextensions and one with a side flap, the extensions of the front andrear sides having one a slit and the other a diagonally cut and notchededge, while at the opposite end the front side is provided with asemicircular out or slit and the extension at its top end formedintegrally with an extension of an adjoining side and adapted to foldinwardly, the top end extensions of the rear and an adjoining side beingprovided with flaps, substantially as set forth.

DAVID J. REX.

